Other area Golf Courses:
Half Moon
White Witch

The course snakes through the historic ruins of Cinnamon Hill – an 18th-century English sugar plantation – and offers views of the Cinnamon Hill Great House, which was the getaway home of the late Johnny Cash.

The 15th hole is a par 3 with a tee box adjacent to the Caribbean Sea, but pointing away from the ocean. However, it heads down toward a natural waterfall to make a wonderfully scenic setting in which to putt. The waterfall behind the 15th green is natural, but it was hidden behind brush so thick that, before a complete restoration in 2001, even Robert von Hagge’s design team didn’t know it was there. Once it was discovered, however, it was quickly incorporated into the hole’s design.

If you want more golf while in Jamaica, three of Montego Bay’s most celebrated resorts have joined forces to create the Rose Hall, Montego Bay Golf Association. The golf courses are the Cinnamon Hill Ocean Course, the White Witch, and the Half Moon golf course.

As a golf course, Cinnamon Hill Ocean Course is quick to retain the heritage of the land, a quality of resort golf that always makes the guest feel as though he is witness to a larger tableau than the course itself.

The course has been built on what was once, in a time when sugar was being fervently exported, a 400-acre plantation, and remnants of the area's history, in the form of aqueducts, gravestones, and ruins of historic homes, each a crumbling reminder of a land that once breathed a life of its own, long before golf.  At the second hole, the first of these landmarks, the former house of Annie Palmer (The White Witch of Rose Hall), sits on the hill that forms a backdrop for the short hole.   Few golf resorts in the world boast such a spectacular setting, and few architects have been able to accomplish such an excellent routing to take full advantage of the land. 

An exceptional caddie program only enhances the overall experience, combining an age-old tradition of the game on a decidedly atypical golf course. For both local knowledge and a history lesson, taking a caddie is a wise choice.

If you’d like to add a bit of spice to your golf, then the Cinnamon Hill Ocean Course in Montego Bay, Jamaica fits the bill. This 6,637-yard, par 71 layout has striking views of the Caribbean Sea and the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.

Spanning 400 lush acres between the majestic Jamaican Mountains and shimmering Caribbean Sea, the Rose Hall Resort & Country Club proudly features Cinnamon Hill Ocean Course, an 18-hole championship level golf course. No Caribbean all-inclusive vacation would be complete without a challenging round on the links – and this Robert Von Hagge – designed course offers just that.

Created with the resort player in mind, it features a seductive layout with an open, wind-swept front nine... giving way to a tight, trap-filled back nine bordered by dense foliage. Need some good golf tips? Tap into the wisdom of our famous caddies, listed among "The Best in the World" by THE GOLFER magazine. Renowned as one of Jamaica's top courses!

Cinnamon Hill Ocean Course at the Rose Hall Resort & Country Club the sister course to the White Witch, as both courses were designed by Robert Von Hagge.

The lush layout runs through the ruins of the 18th-century sugar plantation that used to stand on the property, including aqueducts, tombstones and above ground tombs. Amazing views are par for the course, starting along the beach and moving up into the green mountains and valleys. The par-71, 6,637 yard layout is a solid test of golf and a picturesque site for enjoying the natural beauty of Jamaica – and is familiar to James Bond fans as the site of the movie “Live and Let Die.”

One instinctively marvels at the parcel of land on which the Robert von Hagge-designed Cinnamon Hill Ocean Course.